Analyse comparative harcelement sexuelle france/etats unis. angl
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19 pages
SummaryIntroduction
Part I: The French aspects of sexual harassment…………………….……...P4
Law and application………………………………..…………………….…...P4-6
Figures about sexual harassment……………………………………….…….P6-7
Part II: American aspects of sexual harassment…………………………….P8
Law and application ……………………………………….………….….......P8-10
Current figures and examples ……………………………..…………….…..P10-11
Evolution of the sexual harassment ……………………………………….....P11-13
Part III: Recommandations………………………..…………..……………..P13-14
Conclusion………………………………………………..………………..…..P15
Bibliography……………………………………………………….……...…...P16
Exhibits……………………………………………………………………..……P17
Introduction
Casting couch is one of the clichés we can have about women in the business’ world. But we tend to forget the other part of that clichés: sexual harassment. The impact of such a thing is difficult to measure because of the lack of information about it. Many cases of sexual harassment are keeping under silence by companies and victims in order to “avoid problems”. We can only have a glance at what it is exactly, but we must keep on mind that the phenomenon is far more important to what we think it is.
In France as in the United States, this kind of practice is forbidden by the law. But on what conditions? How is it really consider and treated in each country? Here, the weight of the culture and of the history takes an important place.
Part I: The French aspects of sexual harassment
It is in 1992 that the notion of harassment is for the first time recognized in labor Law and criminal Law. A victory against the sexual harassment, which reinforced the rights of the employees. The article L120-2 of the labor code protects in the company the rights of persons and the personal and collective freedoms.
The article L2313-1 of the labor code gives to the staff representative a role of alert according to the article L120-2. It will be interesting to victim to work with the staff representatives if her/his